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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



9. One-half pound sections were not 

 considered profitable. 



10. Foul brood exists to such an ex- 

 tent as to threaten the welfare of api- 

 culture, is on the increase and there is 

 great danger of its being spread 

 throughout the country unless active 

 measures are taken to prevent it. This 

 can be accomplished by establishing 

 local associations ; and by paying strict 

 attention to the matter it may be pre- 

 vented from spreading. It can be cured 

 by the use of salicylic acid or by the 

 starvation plan. It is better, if no 

 peaceful measures will succeed, to see 

 that the law which is intended to gov- 

 ern this matter be rigidly enforced. Mr. 

 D. A. Jones thinks that the fumes arising 

 from decapitated and decaying drone 

 brood among the bees in the nucleus 

 under which it has been placed or per- 

 mitting the bees to feed the brood upon 

 this decaying brood, will produce foul 

 brood and Mr. Hutchinson thinks that 

 it may come from using old, mouldy, 

 half rotten combs. 



11. Manufacturers of tobacco, cakes, 

 cookies and packers of pork, confec- 

 tioners and others who are using 

 sweets in the manufacture of their 

 goods may be and have been induced to 

 use large amounts of honey instead of 

 other sweets. 



12. Honey is a good medicine for 

 consumption and as such has pi'oven 

 very valuable. Basswood honey is 

 best for this purpose. 



13. Beekeeping (as regards the re- 

 sults of bee stings ) is not a healthful 

 vocation and too great innoculation of 

 bee poison is injurious. 



14. By using proper means and being 

 in earnest and detei'mined in our ef- 

 forts, our agricultural associations can 

 be induced to recognize the importance 

 of encouraging apiarian exhibits by en- 

 largingthe premium list and construct- 

 ing buildings in which the beekeepers 

 may make their exhibits. Secretary 

 Cutting read his report showing that 

 the State Agricultural Society had been 

 induced to do this. D. A. Jones stated 

 "tluxt 2000 2 oz. packages of honey 

 were sold at the Toronto exhibition 

 and these small packages opened up a 

 market for larger sales." 



H. D. Cutting, D. A. Jones, Dr. 

 Mason, Dr. Kazarter and C. F. Muth 

 were appointed as a committee to re- 

 vise the State fair premium list and 

 urge its adoption Jjy the officers of the 

 Agricultural Society. 



15. Sowing the seed of honey pro- 

 ducing plants especially the Bokhara 

 or sweet clover, for bee pasturage is a 

 great source of profit and will pay. 



16. Bees winter best and consume 

 less honey in the bee house or cellar 

 properly constructed and managed, 

 than they do on summer stands. They 

 consume about six pounds of honey dur- 

 ing the winter in the cellar or bee house 

 while they consume about ten pounds 

 when left on the sunmier stands. Prof. 

 Cook said that he had " wintered one 

 colony on three pounds of honey " but 

 did not state how large the colony was. 



17. It is a benefit to apiculture to in- 

 fluence persons to become beekeepers. 



18. Black or fuzzy cloths are very 

 objectionable and should not be worn 

 in the apiarv , something like smooth 

 duck being much more preferable. A 

 straw hat with a wide slouching rim is 

 the best with which to avoid bee slings. 



19. Pure beeswax is far preferable 

 to any cheap substitute for the same 

 for use in the apiary. 



The convention adjourned to meet 

 at Lansing, Mich., upon the second 

 Wednesday in December, ISSi. 



THE NEW JERSEY AND E.VSTERX 

 CONVENTION. 



From the reports of this convention 

 as given by the secretary, Prof. J. Has- 

 brouck, we learn that there was a 

 goodly attendance of enthusiastic and 

 prominent apiarists. The president's 

 address and other interesting papers 

 were read. We have gleaned the fol- 

 lowing as the results of the discussions. 



1. With some, the Cyprians and Sy- 

 rians have proven to be more gentle, 

 more easy to get from the combs and 

 better honey-gatherers than the other 

 races, but the majority, however, 

 seemed to prefer, for all purposes, the 

 American Italians. 



2. More attention should be paid to 

 apiarian exhibits, and in view of this a 

 committee was appointed to draft a list 

 of premiums and present them to the 

 managers of desirable agricultural so- 

 cieties, endeavoring to have them in- 

 corporated in the catalogues of those 

 societies. 



3. Spring management of bees is 

 the most important part of beekeeping 



